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The Winners (and Losers) of the 2025 Texas Legislative Session
- Texas lawmakers concluded their 140-day 2025 legislative session in Austin with Governor Greg Abbott securing several key policy wins.
- The session saw major actions including a ban on hemp-derived consumable products, a controversial school voucher program passage, and immigration enforcement expansion via 287 agreements.
- Additional outcomes included creation of the Texas Cyber Command headquartered in San Antonio, bills restricting local government borrowing failing, and a bill blocking cities from funding gun buyback programs advancing.
- Over 8,000 small businesses face closure or stopping sales by Sept. 1 due to the hemp ban, and 86 House Republicans supported the voucher bill amid Democratic opposition, while debates about gender identity and cryptocurrency volatility also surfaced.
- The session's results suggest ongoing partisan divides over social and economic issues, with local leaders warning of harm to municipal infrastructure investments and minority communities from several passed and failed bills.
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KSAT Q&A: Quorum Report editor discusses what was done in the Texas legislative session
Scott Braddock, editor of the Quorum Report, joined KSAT’s 6 O’Clock News on Wednesday to discuss what was done in the Texas legislative session.Braddock discussed legislative topics such as school funding, bail reform, THC and water infrastructure.Watch the full interview in the media player above.
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